Glencorse, Midlothian : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Glencorse. You may be able to find further references to Glencorse in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Glencorse parish and railway station Bartholomew
Glencorse a parish Groome
Glencross parish Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Glencorse.

Place Type of entry Source
Bush seat Bartholomew
Castle Law summit Bartholomew
House of Muir a common Groome
House of Muir place Bartholomew
Loganbank seat Bartholomew
Loganbank a mansion Groome
Loganlee hamlet Bartholomew
Loganlee a hamlet Groome
Logan or Glencorse Burn a rivulet Groome
Mauricewood a mansion Groome
Mauricewood seat Bartholomew
Milton Bridge hamlet Bartholomew
Milton-Bridge a hamlet Groome
Milton, New hamlet Bartholomew
Milton, New a hamlet Groome
Rullion Green a place Groome
Rullion Green Bartholomew
Woodhouselee seat Bartholomew
Woodhouselee a mansion Groome

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Woodhouselee 0 2
Auchendinny 0 2
Rullion Green 0 2
Kirkhill 0 2
Roslin 0 2
Penicuik 0 3
Pentland 3 2
Loanhead 0 2
Rosewell 0 2
Polton 0 2
Burdiehouse 0 2
Howgate 0 2
Colinton 0 2
Juniper Green 0 2
Lasswade 1 2
Bonnyrigg 0 2
Liberton 0 2
Craiglockhart 0 2
Gilmerton 0 2
Currie 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Glencorse. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
GLENCORSE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
GLENCROSS John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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